THE LASH IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD1: Torture and Citizenry in Medieval Muslim Jurisprudence
Medieval Muslim scholars unequivocally prohibited the torture of prisoners of war out of a concern for maintaining theoretical constructs about the boundaries of the Muslim and non-Muslim communities. Muslim scholars worried that the torturing prisoners of war would compromise values and ideals pred...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2011
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 606-612 |
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B Islam B Prisoners of war B Torture B Muslim |
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